Kitchen Transition: Color Changes and Hardware

10:12 PM
Katy
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When I moved into this house I immediately remodeled the kitchen.

I did it quickly and with almost no money. I didn't put hardware on the cabinets, and I slapped some color on the walls that turned out to be a mistake...but I needed the extra storage and counter space, so creating a well-thought-out color scheme wasn't a priority.

Now that I've had time to live with these colors, I got tired of them. I only picked the yellow/red accents to go with the furniture I owned. It wasn't really me. I've been dreaming of an all-white vintage look for literally 10 years. Back 8 years ago when brown and "earth tones" were all the rage, I was dying for a little cottage I could paint white.

I felt really constrained by a lack of money, and the dark, strongly colored furniture I already owned. It turns out all I needed was some time to think, and get myself to the point where I could "let go" of my things freely, (without living in terror that I should keep them to sell if we needed food).

(Excuse sink full of dirty dishes) heh.. and I'm debating on window treatments right now..

The blue tape on the front of the counter is holding the tile together while the Gorilla glue sets. I bashed a plate into the tile and broke it.
The top cabinets are still white, but i painted the lower ones Silver Mink by BM. The wall color is now Natural Choice by SW, which I decided to try after seeing it on The Lettered Cottage-- it truly is the perfect cream. I *heart* the blogosphere!!

I stumbled on this Milk Glass hardware! I had never seen cup pulls done in colored glass. I found milk glass knobs for the cabinet doors on Ebay, but I couldn't resist these pulls..

I'm still only about halfway through this transition, but letting go of my darkest and largest pieces of furniture really opened things up.

It looks great! You crack me up and so does your daughter! :) My daughter brought me some stuff from school to recycle or make a project out of, I can only imagine what her poor teacher thought about her taking garbage home for her mom! I can't wait to start on my kitchen and I have the first of my pallets for the wall :)

First, I love what you did with the kitchen. Secondly, it is great to find someone so close. I actually live in Elgin but only 5min from Sandhills. I grew up in California so I am a southern transplant also. Great to find you here in blogland.

First time here! found it through Queen of the Trailer Park! Love the kitchen, when are you free to discuss the color fiasco in mine??? :), also totally love the carriage idea! I may have to look into that!

Beautifully done. It's serene and welcoming and really gorgeous. And I was glad to see you used Natural Choice - I also saw it on the Lettered Cottage and just got a sample the other day and just couldn't decide. But now I'm going to go for it in our dining room. Fantastic re-do, thanks for sharing!

Your kitchen is stunning! I am moving into a new house soon, and the cupboards are EXACTLY like your before picture, and don't like them either. Could you please tell me what treatment you gave them before you painted? Did you sand them or use a stripper or just wash them and go to town? Thank you!

Love your kitchen redo! It appears that the cabinet doors were flat then in the painted pictures they appear to be beadboard. Did you use a router to create the look of beadboard? I'm thinking of doing this to my kitchen... It's a MUCH worse disaster than your original kitchen. I haven't moved in to that house yet though so it will be down the road. But I enjoy getting ideas from people who have already done it!

Love your kitchen makeover. Can u please tell me about the newel post or table legs on the sides of your sink? What are they, where did u get them and how much do they run? Thanks. Virginia. Dps625@msn.com

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I used to be a mechanical engineer and a single mom. I built a tiny beach house on Tybee Island for kicks (which I sold in 2015). Then I married Prince Charming and we're renovating his gigantic wreck of a fixer-upper (aka The Lake Mansion). It's like the Brady Bunch meets The Money Pit. (Nobody younger than 40 will even get that. Sigh.)